Solar eclipse trackers on the ground were not be the only ones studying the spectacle as the IAF and astrophysicists conducted experiments and filmed the celestial event from a fighter jet and a transport aircraft.

A Mirage-2000 fighter jet and an AN-32 medium lift transport aircraft took to the skies early this morning with a team of astrophysicists and IAF personnel onboard who carried out some experiments and filmed the longest total solar eclipse of the century.